Lee Creek (Arkansas)

Lee Creek
Lee's Creek
The bridge across Lee Creek in Devil's Den State Park near Winslow, Arkansas
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesArkansas, Oklahoma
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWashington County, Arkansas
 • coordinates35°52′42″N 94°11′51″W / 35.87840°N 94.19750°W / 35.87840; -94.19750 (Lee Creek, source)
MouthConfluence with the Arkansas River
 • location
Crawford County, Arkansas
 • coordinates
35°26′59″N 94°22′58″W / 35.44960°N 94.38290°W / 35.44960; -94.38290 (Lee Creek, mouth)[3]
 • elevation
394 ft (120 m)[3]
Length64.6 mi (104.0 km)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Short
 • average544 cu ft/s (15.4 m3/s)[2]

Lee Creek is a 64.6-mile-long (104.0 km)[1] river in Arkansas and Oklahoma which starts near West Fork in Washington County, Arkansas, and flows south to the Arkansas River passing through Crawford County, Arkansas, and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Lee Creek flows from Arkansas into Oklahoma, then returns to Arkansas before its confluence with the Arkansas River near Van Buren and Fort Smith.

Lee Creek is also known as Lee's Creek, mostly in Oklahoma where it is classified by the State of Oklahoma as a State Scenic River. In Arkansas upstream of the Oklahoma border, Lee Creek is classified by the State of Arkansas as an Extraordinary Resource Waterway.

  1. ^ a b "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Oklahoma: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee Creek (Arkansas)